09 Baltimore, MD | 90s [Pt. 1]

In the latest episode of our Bmore series, the 90s’ alt-rock explosion officially descends on the City That Reads, with nods to roughshod DIY pop (Big Heifer, Nord Express, Glo-Worm), simmering indie rock (Pedge, Hassassins, Candy Machine), sweat-soaked punk (Universal Order of Armageddon, Cinnamon Toast), D.C.-/Louisville-adjacent post-hardcore (the Haberdasher, Roads to Space Travel, Lungfish), and spacy fuzz (Seade, Plow, Spastic Cracker). Some genius power pop (Love Nut, Berserk), seething riot grrrl (Womyn of Destruction), and irony-laden prom music (Clöaca) show up along the way!

Cities & Signs Radio – “Intro”
Clöaca – “Love Is A Moron” (Baltimore February 15, 1992 comp – Hat Factory Records, 1992)
Hassassins – “Radio Sol” (Crash! – no label, 1996)
Nord Express – “The Calm” (Nord Express LP – Slumberland Records, 1996)
Lungfish – “Love Will Ruin Your Mind” (Artificial Horizon – Dischord Records, 1998)
Plow – “Ice Cream Flares and Rocket Sounds” (Ice Cream Flares and Rocket Sounds – Hat Factory Records, 1996)
Love Nut – “Star” (Bastards of Melody – Merkin Records, 1995; rereleased on Interscope in 1996)
Seade – “Hospital Windows” ((perf) – Grass Records, 1995)
Womyn of Destruction (W.O.D.) – “Drive” (Baltimore Volume II comp – Kwality Record Co., 1994)
Roads to Space Travel – “New Mathematics” (Roads to Space Travel – Amish Records, 1998)
Glo-Worm – “Another Rainy Day” (Glimmer – K Records, 1995)
Pedge – “Lesa” (Baltimore, The City That Breeds comp – Reptilian/Kwality Records, 1993)
Cinnamon Toast – “High On Pam” (Adventures in Mobtown comp – Kwality Records, 1997)
Big Heifer – “I Discovered Radium” (That Lucid Feeling – Hat Factory Records, 1994) 
Candy Machine – “Air Station to Al Green” (Tune International – Desoto Records, 1996)
Berserk – “Giant Robots” (Berserk – Go Kart Records, 1994)
Universal Order of Armageddon – “City” (from City 7” – Vermin Scum, 1993)
The Haberdasher – “48606″ (Songs On Love Nos. 48602-48608 – Reptilian Records, 1997)
Spastic Cracker – “Thistle” (Towson-Glen Arm Freakouts comp – Nuns Like To Fence, 2013)